How the Twins' AL Central lead went from XL to M

The Twins and the Indians, two division rivals fighting for the AL Central crown, will open the season’s second half playing each other in Cleveland starting on Friday night. Here’s the Central race so far:

11½: Twins’ largest lead this season over the Indians. That occurred after they beat Tampa Bay on June 2.

5½: Twins’ lead over the Indians now.

13: Games remaining between the teams.

76: Days, and counting, the Twins have been in first place. They beat Baltimore on April 27 to take a one-game lead and have been in first place since.

3-3: Twins’ record in July. Meanwhile, Cleveland has won six games in a row.

FIBA will look at adjusting travel demands on teams at the next World Cup, after this tournament in China led to many complaints about the distances that nations participating in the knockout stages had to cover without much time to prepare for games.